Technology and Human Rights

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 20:19, Dennis Kibbe wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 October 2002 09:48 am, you wrote:
> > As a long time member of Amnesty International,
> > I've been concerned about Human Rights abuses.
> > As a long time computer geek, I'm interested in
> > information technology. I'm delighted to discover
> > there is an organization that combines these
> > issues.  Others might be interested in this, so
> > here is:
> >
> > http://privaterra.cpsr.org/
> 
> Somewhat related was an article months ago on SlashDot about an organization 
> that sends geeks to third world countries to work with and help train their 
> IT people.
> 
> Also, Youssou N'Dour, the great Senegalese super star (he's coming to SCA in 
> May:-)) had a hit in the early 90's with "Toxiques" (lyrics - 
> http://www.lyricsmania.com/y/youssoundour/023.html), a song about third world 
> governments being bribed to accept toxic waste from rich countries. This is 
> detailed in the report "Exporting Harm, the Hig-Tech Trashing of Asia" at 
> www.ban.org .
> 
----
He sang with Peter Gabriel a few tours ago...

Craig